I don't think there are any pictures of me on the internet. i can't find any, anyway.

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Originally Posted by ~Jessie~

I thought it would be fun for everyone to post up a picture of themselves at 16 and answer a few questions

1. What was your favorite band at 16? Publicly-whatever everyone else was listening to. privately- John Denver and Barry Manilow (Yes, i know, I'm old. And yes, I know, I had terrible taste in music. I mean, when I was a tween, i used to like captain and Tennile.)

2. Did you have a boyfriend or girlfriend? Yes. Lots.

3. What was the most important thing you owned? I don't think i owned anything important

4. What was your favorite thing to do for fun? I don't think I knew how to have fun. I was too busy misbehaving and making myself acutely miserable

5. Did you care more about appearance? Yes.

6. Would you go back to being sixteen if you had the chance? You have to be kidding me. It's painful to think about. I was such a mess that I'm lucky to be alive with no serious damage. Among other things, I'm lucky my teen years predated some diseases.

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Here's 16 year old me, at a Speech competition. A friend of mine was standing next to me and has been cropped out - I doubt he would appreciate me posting his 16 year old self all over the Internets.

1. What was your favorite band at 16?
I didn't really have one - I just listened to a variety of stuff on the radio or my iPod.

2. Did you have a boyfriend or girlfriend?
Nope.

3. What was the most important thing you owned?
Thing? My cell phone. I didn't have my "own" car yet.

4. What was your favorite thing to do for fun?
Hanging out with friends, volunteering. I was really active in Speech at that point as well.

5. Did you care more about appearance?
Not really. I looked presentable, but I definitely wasn't into makeup or clothes or whatever.

6. Would you go back to being sixteen if you had the chance?
Only if I could switch back and forth between sixteen and now at will. There are things that I LOVED at that age (I had the best group of friends, I was at my best health-wise) and other things that I HATED (high school was boring, I didn't have a car so I had little freedom, I didn't have a job, etc).

Me with Tom Green at the food court downtown. This is back when he had a show on public access in town, and while he was a HUGE celebrity in the city, he was unknown elsewhere. This was like six months before he signed his contract to go to LA.

15-or-16 year old me and my favorite b*tch mare Pepper at a small-scale rodeo. First place in barrel racing, baby.

2. Did you have a boyfriend or girlfriend?
Same one I have now. Not sure if that's awesome, impressive, or sad.

3. What was the most important thing you owned?
My Nintendo 64 and Playstation! The gaming geekiness started early.

4. What was your favorite thing to do for fun?
Wander the neighbourhood and park with my buddies, riding our bikes and climbing trees. Yes, even at 16! Did it all through my teen years. I started getting a lot of freedom at 16 too, so friends and I would go see local shows and the like that allowed minors. Also having friends over to listen to music and play video games.

5. Did you care more about appearance?
Nope. I started my tomboy phase around 15 or 16. Before that I was pretty girly, but I stopped caring.

6. Would you go back to being sixteen if you had the chance?
Nah. I like my 20's, and my 30's will be even better. I adore being an adult.